Recently, I came across a monthly "best vocalist" competition held by an alleged industry veteran. That month's winner was very obviously using Autotune (and in a genre that would not normally feature it).
I wrote the industry veteran, and asked how could a "best vocalist" win go to an entry that used Autotune?
The veteran's answer was pretty short: "everybody's using it".
My respect for the veteran vanished completely.
In any case, I felt that Autotune was not needed at all by the winner, since the singer could clearly sing quite well. What a sad competition.
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